The Death of Passwords

Written by Craig Galbraith
December 21, 2020

Bill Harrod, Ivanti’s federal CTO, said his company predicted passwords would be eradicated by 2025.

“Little did we know COVID-19 would come in and kill them four years sooner,” he said. “Alongside this, one challenge we will see in 2021 is people figuring out how to go from relying on passwords for authentication to not just second-factor, but to totally removing that additional friction that passwords create for the enterprise.”

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Craig Galbraith

Craig Galbraith is the editorial director for Channel Futures and Channel Partners, joining the team in 2008. Before that, he spent more than 11 years as an anchor, reporter and managing editor in television newsrooms in North Dakota and Washington state. Craig is a proud Husky, having graduated from the University of Washington. He makes his home in the Phoenix area.